Deuteronomy 25:6

25:6 Then ¹  the first son ²  she bears will continue the name of the dead brother, thus preventing his name from being blotted out of Israel.

Ruth 1:11

1:11 But Naomi replied, “Go back home, my daughters! There is no reason for you to return to Judah with me! ³  I am no longer capable of giving birth to sons who might become your husbands! ⁴ 

Ruth 4:10

4:10 I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, the wife of Mahlon, as my wife to raise up a descendant who will inherit his property ⁵  so the name of the deceased might not disappear ⁶  from among his relatives and from his village. ⁷  You are witnesses today.”

¹ tn Heb “and it will be that.”

² tn Heb “the firstborn.” This refers to the oldest male child.

³ tn Heb “Why would you want to come with me?” Naomi’s rhetorical question expects a negative answer. The phrase “to Judah” is added in the translation for clarification.

⁴ tn Heb “Do I still have sons in my inner parts that they might become your husbands?” Again Naomi’s rhetorical question expects a negative answer.

⁵ tn Heb “in order to raise up the name of the deceased over his inheritance” (NASB similar).

⁶ tn Heb “be cut off” (so NASB, NRSV); NAB “may not perish.”

⁷ tn Heb “and from the gate of his place” (so KJV, ASV); NASB “from the court of his birth place”; NIV “from the town records.”